Republican Party
This man was a Republican and the 16th POTUS during the Civil War.
Who is Abraham Lincoln?
This man was a Democrat, the 17th POTUS during Reconstruction, the 1st POTUS to be impeached, and was Lincoln’s VP.
Who is Andrew Johnson?
This battle was a Union victory. It gained control of the Mississippi River and split the South in two.
What was the Battle of Vicksburg?
The name of the Northern army.
What is the Union?
These three amendments are known as the "Reconstruction Amendments".
What are the 13th, 14th, & 15th Amendments?
This political party was anti-slavery during the Civil War?
What is the Republican Party?
This man was the pro slavery president of the Confederacy.
Who is Jefferson Davis?
This was the most bloody Civil War battle in Maryland, a Union victory, and facilitated the Emancipation Proclamation.
What is the Battle of Antietam?
This was the name of a very effective Union naval blockade of the South.
What is the Anaconda Plan?
This person was a democrat who assassinated President Lincoln and was part of a larger failed conspiracy.
Who is John Wilkes Booth?
CSA stands for this.
What is the Confederate States of America?
This political party was pro slavery during the Civil War.
What is the Democratic Party?
This law passed in the North, only freed slaves in the South, while avery remained legal in the North.
What is the Emancipation Proclamation?
This man was the first black soldier to win the Medal of Honor.
Who is William Carney?
This amendment abolished slavery.
What is the 13th Amendment?
This term means to separate or break away from something.
What is secession.
This man was the General of the Union, later 18th & last POTUS to own a slave.
Who is Ulysses S. Grant?
This battle was a Union victory in Pennsylvania, and the turning point of the war.
What is the Battle of Gettysburg?
This is the location where General Lee surrendered to General Grant and ended the Civil War.
What is the Appomattox Courthouse?
This amendment gave all non-white Americans citizenship.
What is the 14th Amendment?
This was the first battle of the Civil War in South Carolina (a CSA victory).
What is Fort Sumter?
This man was the General of the South.
Who is Robert E. Lee?
This was the term for southern society before the Civil War - the golden age of slavery.
What is the Antebellum South?
A national cemetery dedication speech by President Lincoln. It is one of the most famous speeches in U.S. history.
What is the Gettysburg Address?
This amendment gave non-white American men (not women) the right to vote.
What is 15th Amendment?